Reuben Roy HUGHES [173]

  General Notes:

1894 SA Birth HUGHES Ruben Roy Walter Stephen HUGHES Ada Elleanor PROSSER Frome 547/97
1949 WA Death Hughes Ruben R Male Swan 127 1949

A.I.F. Project
Name: Reuben Roy HUGHES
Regimental number: 2622
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Bordigarry Farm, West Pingelly, Western Australia
Marital status: Single
Age at embarkation 21
Next of kin: Mother, Mrs A H Willmott (formerly HUGHES, nee PROSSER), Bordigarry Farm, West Pingelly, Western Australia
Enlistment date: 23 June 1915
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name: 11th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement </showUnit?unitCode=INF11REIN8>
AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/28/2
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 51st Battalion
Fate: Returned to Australia 21 June 1919

Roy married Eva Louise LAXTON [3444] [MRIN: 1130] on 5 Jan 1919 in Wantage, Berk, England. (Eva Louise LAXTON [3444] was born on 17 Aug 1889 in London, England, died on 16 Nov 1967 in Bassendean, Western Australia and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia.)